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CMC MX: Bell holds
on at Irwindale
Originally. Wo od y came running over to
the C~IC scorers w:.lnting the w ho le class
disqualified . but the wo rd \"\'3S no.
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By Alan Shephe rd
DeAnza's ranks
of regulars
IRWI:'\D. \LE. C.\L. . .\CG . 16
Mike Bell 's strea ks arc a ll over,
except one, and that one is rig ht
here at Irwin da le Ruccwa v.
In his fines! display of t he
streak , Bell came from ni nt h place
to win the first m o tu . from fift h
to win the secon d and from six t h
to tak e seco nd in the final , ea rni ng
the Overall tor th e seventh consecutive
race meeting here.
Had it no t b ee n for fi rst m o ro
problems of Do n Bongio rn o (lIo n) . h e
mig ht no t have do ne it. Do n's seventh
that ro und en de d h is overall b id , but he
did p lace one-two in the final p a ir to
record th ird Overall b ehin d St eve
Ge r ber ( lIon).
T he 25 0 Pro class was a quagmire
with yo ut hful J e ff Je n nings (lIon)
p ull ing ou t th e s to ps to reg is ter hi s
se ven th w in of th e yea r. Dave Pessy
(Oss) won the fir st m o t o, t h en slid back
t o a second a n d t h ird a nd ea rned
run ne r up by o ne p oint fr om J o e
Jo hns to n (Oss] . Mike Fo llme r (Mai ]. in
his firs t outi ng as a Cl\IC Pro.
consisten tly took fo urth through o u t.
Luke l\l esser [Ma i) an nihi lated the
500s . Fro m the moment the ga te
drop ped each tim e he was leading.
Buil di ng up three tremendo us lead s gave
him t he overall dean sweep. It wasn' t
tha t much of a fight for second . e ither.
wi th Curtis Lessel [Mai) topping Dan
Barnes (CZ).
By T im Mickey
T he 125 J u nior class is rapid l y
uecoming the class at De Anza ,
an d th is we ek th e regul a rs we re
j o ined by a n umber or newcom ers
for a fine ma tch . A mo ng th e
regulars, C lint Carman, now see mingly a t h ome on a Honda after a
lo n g Ya m ah a ride, is making him -
In one Junior class, Woody. the
starter. got so upse t wi th the riders af te r
they twice pus hed t he gate down .for the
start before it was la tched. that he made
all but one rider (who stayed a t t he lin e
bo th tim es) start the race with a dead
engine. Not on ly that. the guy with the
live engine also had a 15 foot head start.
AMC: Beans beats
bunch '0 racers
By Stewart B. Sapicoft
JR V I:\E. CAL.• ,\ UG . 9
SUNi"n IEAD . C.\ !.., A UG . 17
DeWayne Jones lo o ked except ion ally
fast d u rin g the t h ird CMC Irw ind al e
mota . The f irst two o n ly got h im a
pai r of se venth s, the t hird a third.
St ill, t h at 's pretty good , gett ing a
f ifth Overa ll 125 Pro afte r co m ing
in t o race t he t ra c k cold afte r riding
t he AMA circuit . Th e Can-A m
pu lled w inner Mi ke Bell's Ho nda
on t h e st raights.
Ul
se lf the one to bea t. In the first rno to ,
Pe ter Sc haffhauser ( lion) d id j ust th at ,
gelling aro und Ca rm an fo r the lead
early and fen di ng h im off unti l he 'd
won. But th at was a ll past tcnse in the
next mot o when Carma n go t the
ho le-shot and reve rse d t heir fini sh ing
o rde r, making fo r o ne o f th o se
you-o r-me firs t p lace tics.
A res tar t o f th e fina l mo t o , due to a
cras h a fter on e lap , had everyo ne
wa tc hi ng for a leader , a n d o ut p opped
t hird place ru n ner Gary Ca in ( lion) wh o
loo ked as if he might have wo n it h ad he
no t sl id out. But h e di dn't (because he
di d ) and Ca r man was the firs t one pa st
h i m a nd across the line , with
Schaffha user flying in' close (but no t
clos e enough) pursui t. breaking t he lie
by th e tiniest possih le m ar gin - one
point.
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Results in Results Section.
A rare' appearance made by De
Way ne J o nes ton ight at A:\IC's
night ~IX surprised a lot o f
peo pl e,
As the 125 Pro s b lasted away
from the s tarting ga te there \\"..IS a
fcclin g of cxci ~c rnent in the a ir
but that was soo n to change wh en
two to p contenders, Bill Glo re (lio n)
and Dave Mil ler (FJ\ I F) tangled in the
back p art of the co urse kno wn as th e
corkscre w. resulting in Mille r going
do wn and no t gett ing hac k up because
of a b roken leg . Even tu a lly taking th e
checke red n ag was Rick Bea n ( lion)
foll o wed by ~l ar t-y Mille r ( lion ) a nd
J ohn IIr yn kiew ic z ( lio n) .
Bea n o nc e aga in c harged to t he fron t
of the p ac k in the seco n d m oto but th is
time he was bei ng heavil y press ured by
Bru ce J\lcDougal ( l Io n) wh o p layed it
right d o wn to the last lap before he
fi na lly passed. A ba ttle fo r th ird p lace
bet ween IIn11 kicwicz and T im Lunde
(lion) result'e d in "j u s t abou t t he same
way as t ha t of first an d seco nd when
Lunde wa it ed un til the second-to-last
lap be fore going around l lry n kie wicz.
' Vinning it Overall was Bean with second
going to J\teDougal and third to Lun d e.
DeWa y ne Jones, on a very fast Can-Am,
was nint h Overa ll.
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